How to cook Oat Bran?

I never used Oat Bran in my life. I just went today to Trader Joe's and saw "Natural Toasted Oat Bran" packet there. It looks like it is jut a raw Oat Bran with no addon's. I have High Triglycerides and heard that soluble fiber in Oats or Oat Bran can reduce this and I thought that raw oat bran is better than flavored as it gives more fiber per serving with less calories.

Back to home with this packet, now I dont know how to cook this to eat as breakfast.

Do I need to cook it like rice? put it on a steam cooker and keep 20 minutes? or Can I cook this in microwave for 1-2 minutes?

First of all is my thought process is correct or do I need to buy regular oats or instant oats for my breakfast?

(Btw, I always eat processed cereal like Post grate gains, Kashi Golean crunch, Honey nut cheerios etc and I never eat raw oats too, so my knowledge is limmited on this subject. Right now I am eating Golean crunch as breakfast and I wanted to move to oat based to reduce my Triglycerides)

Aren't there cooking instructions on the package? I've never had it just plain but I add 2 tablespoons to my oatmeal after it's cooked. It can be added to baked goods too. All you do is measure out a tablespoon into your 1 cup measure then fill the cup with flour.

I would think you'd cook it like cream of wheat or farina type cereals.

As far as bad taste, my take on it is, oatmeal taste bad too (like no taste ^^; ) that's where brown sugar comes in :)

Instant oats doesn't stay as long in your stomach as they got digested easier. Whole ones doesn't take that much longer to cook anyway. Since both beneficially the same I gues it boils down to taste preference in texture, as in Smooth or Chunky (think of peanut butter or soup lol) Instant is smoother in texture, whole is obviously not.